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Beating the summer heat is the cost that must be paid by Ted Cruz, Beto O'Rourke other Texas politicians campaigning for midterm elections in November. Connecting to the masses means you get a little sweaty.

But this Texas heat is nothing new and the candidates aren't the first to have to embrace insufferable temperatures for political gain.

In August 1984, it was unconventionally hot in Dallas, but Republicans from all over the nation flocked to Dallas for the national Republican Convention Aug. 21.

Charles Cragin, a GOP national committeeman, was told that the devil resides in Dallas, but goes to hell in the summer to get away from the heat.

Having been used to mid-'80s heat waves in his of Maine, he called the 100-degree heat a "climatic culture shock" for him.

But the convention had to go on. Sweat and all.

Elaine Thomas of Cleveland wears a festive hat on the convention floor.

(David Butow )

Linda Pinkston, a volunteer getting ready for the Republican National Convention, prepares some of the signs the group painted Friday. The volunteers set a goal of 35,000 signs.

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Alternate delegate Mildred Thodos of Corpus Christi donned this patriotic chapeau Tuesday while listening to a speech by Tampa, Fla., Mayor Robert Martinez during the Republican National Convention.

(File Photo/The Dallas Morning News)

The city of Dallas prepared for years for the convention, but no one could have planned for the uncomfortably hot weather. Fortunately, attendees could get some relief within the convention.

Outside the convention, protesters from all over the country were also feeling the heat as they positioned in Tent City and around the convention to voice their opposition to the Reagan administration.

Due climbing temperatures, protesters asked the city to lend aid for heat exhaustion to those in Tent City after the 100-degree temperatures turned 800 protesters away from the city the same day the convention started.

"God must be on the (Reagan) administration's side to bring this heat this week," a protester told The News.

Joseph Rivera, member of Guardian Angels interviewed at Tent City: "I just try not to think about the heat. Mainly, I try to get in the shade whenever it gets real hot. And wear loose-fitting clothing."

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Scott Keir, of the Austin Peace and Justice Coalition, looks over a map of Tent City provided by ACORN.

(Randy Grothe/The Dallas Morning News)

Dallas police arrest a protester, whose shirt is between his jaws, outside City Hall Wednesday.

(DAVID LEESON/The Dallas Morning News)

Two members of the Sisters for Perpetual Indulgence demonstrate on Commerce Street. They're in town for the Republican National Convention.

(ED HILLE/The Dallas Morning News)

ORG XMIT: *S0420002487* Shot August, 1984 - Tent City protester Dave Whitaker, who describes himself as an anarchist, is in town with the
Rainbow Peace Caravan and Rock Against Reagan. [ 1984 Republican National Convention, Dallas, Texas ]